Adam Sandler celebrates Happy Gilmore’s 25th anniversary in the most Happy Gilmore way possible!

What a day. 

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, marks the 25th anniversary of the release of “Happy Gilmore,” the Adam Sandler movie about a failed hockey player who takes his talents to the golf course in order to save his grandmother’s house.

The comedy has undeniably become a part of golf and hockey’s culture. What we know of Happy Gilmore is that he is somewhat based on a childhood friend of Sandler’s named Kyle McDonough. They grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and when they would play golf, Sandler was always impressed by McDonough’s driver. Sandler always attributed this to McDonough’s hockey knowledge.

McDonough never cracked the National Hockey League, but he did go on to play in the East Coast Hockey League, the British Hockey League, and a league in Norway. He remains friends with Sandler to this day.

On Tuesday, Sandler celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of Happy Gilmore in the most Happy Gilmore way possible: 

“You’re dead Shooter!”

Shooter McGavin responded to Sandler's video and fans are eating it up: 

Shooter, out.